Romanian President Nicușor Dan stated that the scenario of unification between Romania and the Republic of Moldova can only be discussed if the majority of Moldovan citizens want it, noting that “we are not there yet.”
According to Romanian media reports, Dan made the statement in response to questions from journalists upon his arrival at an informal meeting of the European Council.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu, in turn, during her first major press conference in 2026, called a possible union with Romania one of the options for guaranteeing peace and belonging “to the free world,” while emphasizing the priority of the course towards EU accession and pointing out the current lack of sustained public support for the idea of unification.
The accession of Skhidny Mining and Processing Plant to National Nuclear Energy Generating Company Energoatom will have a positive effect on the former’s performance, but it must be preceded by a number of measures, including the corporatization of Energoatom, Energy Minister Herman Haluschenko has said.
“We are working out this way of joining. To do this, we need to take certain actions, in particular, to properly corporatize Energoatom. We are moving in this direction,” he said during question hour in the Verkhovna Rada on Friday.
At the same time, the minister said Skhidny Mining and Processing Plant, represented by Energoatom, has a single counterparty, and the support from the General Company “will solve many issues.”
As reported, at the end of October 2021, Head of Energoatom Petro Kotin noted the impossibility of merging the company with Skhidny Mining and Processing Plant due to its loss, but at the same time expressed hope for financial recovery of the company with the appointment of new head on October 6 Serhiy Shovheli.
Haluschenko earlier said Skhidny Mining and Processing Plant could not join Energoatom. He cited the EBRD and Euratom loans as the reason. However, he said that an alternative to accession could be a transfer to the management, which is working on the ministry.
At the same time, the minister considers it quite logical that Energoatom wants to gain control over Skhidny Mining and Processing Plant when it spends money on it.
The concept of stabilization and further development of Skhidny Mining and Processing Plant by transferring it to Energoatom provided for financial contributions to it by the generating company by reducing the contributions of part of the net profit to the state budget, the Ministry of Energy said at the time.
